Re: [HACKERS] [Fwd: Re: First Major Open Source Database]

Thus spake Lamar Owen
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > It did not use any Ingres code, as told to me by Jolly, I think.  My
> > book has Ingres mentioned as an "ancestor" of Postgres.
> 
> I have e-mailed Doc again, asking him to remove the 'direct' in the line
> 'Ingres was the direct ancestor of PostgreSQL' -- direct implies, IMO,
> shared code.  Thanks for clarifying, Bruce...

I still think that since there is no shared code you can't say that
Ingres was the parent to Postgres, more like an older brother.  Guess
that makes Ingres PostgreSQL's great uncle.  :-)

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